We are often asked , “Should I go NBN for my business? Its cheap and fast!”
We are finding many business being cold-called for NBN solutions. Even though these sound quite low cost, in many areas, it isn’t much different to ADSL. Some cold callers will use scare tactics to force you into making a rash decision.
Often being told
- they guarantee speeds, which is untrue (except with NBN business grade services, and at the time of writing are not offered in all areas)
- that copper will be ripped out soon and unless upgrade now will have no internet or phones.
- no other option but NBN for internet because of the fibre (untrue, we offer fixed wireless , not 4G but business grade, services)
Sterling IT have taken these cold calls and have informed the ‘sales person’ that these claims are untrue and need to be very careful with these sales tactics.
One of the biggest advantages on NBN over ADSL is the upload speeds. They are after 10-20 times faster than ADSL. However, with the download speeds, even at 25 or 50Mbps claimed speeds, many clients are not achieving these at the moment.
Another BIG issue for business is the SLA (“Service Level Agreement”) – Unlike a business grade connection of 99.99% uptime, NBN SLAs are generally lower, meaning longer outages without claim. We actually had one client out (during the sale of their business) down for 1 week because of NBN. They had 2x NBN connections, one for backup, and both NBN connections went down.
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It is always recommended to (1) Have a business grade connection; (2) Have a cheap backup connection on a different technology (eg wireless if main one is wired and vice versa)
Sterling IT is able to offer all types of services (including NBN) , however our recommendations are based on location, costs, service, dependence on internet plus many other factors.
Get professional advice from your trusted IT advisor on what is best for your business. Please do not make price your first choice. We have seen too many bad decisions because of this and businesses lose thousands of dollars in sales and productivity.
If you would like a FREE site quality check or a review on your current connection, please let us know.
Even if in contract, we are happy to discuss and provide a free review.
A good approach for enabling enterprise level backbone for communications. The variables of location and actual organisation needs are well thought of.